Coughlan suspends personal Twitter account

12:06 PM,
Apr. 17, 2014

Jim Coughlan

Written by

Joseph Spector
Journal Albany bureau

Dutchess County Comptroller and state Senate candidate Jim Coughlan said he has suspended a personal Twitter account because some of his retweets were considered inappropriate.

Coughlan said he has a personal Twitter account as well as a work account and a campaign account. He said people have privately raised issues with the personal Twitter account, in which he retweeted, and in a few cases commented on, inappropriate tweets dealing with race and sexuality.

"A few people brought it to my notice that a few of my tweets, retweets, were potentially provocative and could potentially offend ...